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The ISTA Technical Committees are actively involved in the preparation of ISTA Handbooks on seed methods including sampling, testing, processing and distributing seeds.
 
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ISTA Handbook on Flower Seed Testing,
1st Edition, 2006

By the ISTA Flower Seed Testing Committee, Editor Z. Ripka
This handbook is a new venture of ISTA to collect the special knowledge in laboratory seed testing of flower seeds. It contains comprehensive laboratory seed testing methods for the most frequently tested flower species. It is intended to assist the practising seed analyst by collecting as many illustrations and descriptions as possible to give guidance in everyday laboratory flower seed testing of purity, germination and viability. The handbook also provides assistance in training new analysts for flower seed testing in accordance with the international principles.

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A new publication from the ISTA Germination Committee: 

ISTA Handbook on Seed Evaluation,
3rd Edition, 2006


By the ISTA Germination Committee, Editor R. Don
This handbook is a most valuable guide for seed analysts the world over. Although the International Rules for Seed Testing define normal and abnormal seedlings in considerable detail, the additional help provided by this handbook, with its detailed instructions and many illustrations, is vital if the principles of seedling evaluation are to be applied uniformly. It includes many tropical, subtropical, flower and tree species.
The Edition 2006 includes the Amendments to the ISTA Handbook on Seedling Evaluation.
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Keep your Handbook on Seedling Evaluation up to date!

Amendments to ISTA Handbook on Seed Evaluation, 3rd Edition, 2003

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 A new publication from the ISTA Sampling Committee:
 
ISTA Handbook on Seed Sampling,
2nd Edition, 2004
 
By M. Kruse
This handbook should prove valuable to those concerned with sampling seed at all stages of production and testing. It is essentially a practical guide but contains elements of sampling theory to emphasize the important part samples play in measuring seed quality. 
 
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 A new publication from the ISTA Tetrazolium Committee:
 
ISTA Working Sheets on Tetrazolium Testing
Volume I - Agricultural, Vegetable and Horticultural Species
1st Edition, 2003
 
The Tetrazolium Working Sheets Volume I includes detailed and standardised description to conduct and evaluate Tetrazolium tests for the determination of viability from agricultural, vegetable and horticultural seed.
 
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 A new publication from the ISTA Tetrazolium Committee:
 
ISTA Working Sheets on Tetrazolium Testing
Volume II - Tree and Shrub Species
1st Edition, 2003
 
The Tetrazolium Working Sheets Volume II includes detailed and standardised description to conduct and evaluate Tetrazolium tests for the determination of viability from forest and shrub seed.
 
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Seed Science and Technology

Print and Online Subscription available for 2008
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SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL

(ISTA News Bulletin) No. 135 April 2008 is available for download
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ISTA Accredits its 100th Seed Testing Laboratory

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ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size

The ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
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ISTA signs Memorandum of Understanding with FAO

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Information Platform for GM Seed

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